Israel doesn’t trust Hamas.

Then maybe Israel shouldn't have funded them.

The blockade, which, mind you, is also enforced by Egypt

The US-backed dictatorship in Egypt is doing the US's bidding? You don't say...

Any civilian casualties are to be condemned.

Israel hasn't made much distinction between combatants and non-combatants since 1949 - can't blame Hamas for playing by Israel's rules.

Yet, you must remember that Hamas likes to base itself under hospitals, schools, mosques.

Right, because there are vast tracts of unused real estate in one of the most densely populated areas on the planet, eh?

If that is not surgical, I don’t know what is.

There is no such thng as a "surgical" artillery shell, Clyde. And as for the claim itself... the IDF is no more trustworthy than the Apartheid security forces were.

Fuck Israel.

If not for Iron Dome, Israeli casualties would be way higher.

Ok, why not give Palestinian their own iron dome?

Any civilian casualties are to be condemned. Yet, you must remember that Hamas likes to base itself under hospitals, schools, mosques. Not only that, but Gaza is also very densly populated. They're some 2.5 million people over 365km squared. It's very difficult to carry out any strikes without damaging hundreds of people. Yet, in the 2021 conflict, only 260 Gazans died as a result of strikes, despite hundreds if not thousands of shellings. Israel claims that at least 200 of those were militians. If that is not surgical, I don't know what is.

Kill yourself

Religious and secular political forces quarrel in Israel daily. It can't just "become" secular. A big portion of Israelis don't want it to.

And? Why is that a reason for Palestinians to be treated like second class 'citizens'.

Water, food, fuel and other necessities are usually provided by both Israel and international help.

Why does Gaza have a huge electricity deficit? Why is their water polluted? Why does Israel deliberately limit food to keep Gazans on a 'diet'.

Read a little about the history of the conflict, as well as about peace talks and different offers that Israel made.

You are a zionist pig and you should fucking kill yourself.

Not only that, but Gaza is also very densly populated. They're some 2.5 million people over 365km squared.

So weird that Palestinians would choose to live like this without the influence of any other party. They even built a huge wall around themselves to keep other people out.

See I’m against that. I think that individuals and groups have a right to be armed. Putting a blockade around a people to prevent them from getting weapons is a violation of those people’s rights.